Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-25
SECRET OF MIND READING.
A Boston Editor Thinks He Has Discov-
cred It-He Experiment..

cred It-He Experiments.
One of the most attentive spectators at
the recent remarkable mind reading per-
formances of Washington Irving Bishop
in this city was Charles III. Montague,
city editor of The Globe. Mr.. Montague
is a gentleman of fine nervous organiza-
ton, and he made up his mind that he
could duplicate Mr.. Bishops perform
anccS. He ut once began p~racticing Mr..
Bishops fcats, and with such marked
success that On Friday evening he invited
some twenty of his acquaintance to his
room at Hotel Middlesex TO test his pow
ers. Here Mr.. Montague placed himself
in the power of his friends, and under
conditions which rendered collusiom inn
possible. lie successfully performed
every one Of the mastery achievements
with which Mr.. Bishop electrified Bos-
ton. A scarf pin was taken from a gen.
tleman and placed in q match safe sus-
pended from the chandelier. Mr.. Mon
tagne was then brought in from an adj
joining room blindfolded. BY taking
the hand of a gentleman. who kept his
mind intrnlly fixed on the object, Mr.
Montague easily found the Pin.
Various agents were selected from the
assembly, and with every n Mr.. Mon
tagie had no difficulty in finding the con-
cealel objects. When the unattached
process" was tried, articles were secreted
about the room by various persons, and
by having the agent hold his hand about
four inches over Mr.. Montague's hand
the latter easily found all the hidden arti-
Giles. Mr.. Montague then enacted the
mock murder scene exactly as Mr..
Bishop does il. While Montague was
blinlfuldrl in another room a knife was
produced, "A prctrnse made of stabhiug a
lady. and the knife was then concealed in
the sleeve of a gentleman. Mr.. Montague
was then led in, still hlindfnllcd. and by
simply clasping the hand Of an agent
who's mind was fixed ~intcntly on the
act. hc found the knife and repeated the
fcint Of staliing. This operation WAS
followed 10y the finding If a sI-nl hidden
in the attic. Mr.. Montague laing on
nectcl with his agent only 10y a piece Of
wire.
Then the mind reader asked n lady Sc
lectel at random TO think ~intcntly on the
first note Of some piece Of music. lie
then went To the piano. and, alter a mo-
mcnt's lingering. played the ancient
song, 60 Tell Rlvly," which the lady
said was correct. While blindfollel Mr..
| Montague succeeded in four and one.
half minutes in rcprolucinga gcometrlcal
figure drawn by a member Of the PARTY
while he was absent from the room.
Many other far more complicated feats
were successfully performed.
Mr.. Montague says he performs these
acts through no occult power, but purely
by natural agency. lie blinifolls him.
self in order TO secure the most perfect
abstraction Of mind. He wants the en-
tire outside world, except his subject OF
agent. shut out. The subject must fla
his mind i~ntently on the object to lie dis
covered. and must give no muscular in
dication whatever. The secret consist.
in this: A person healthy in body and
mind will go toward an object If which
he is thinking a great deal easier than he
will 60 away from il. He has lsen ac'
customed ever since birth to do this. II
he fixes his mind intently or some object
he is bound by the very nature Of hi:
mental and physical organization to g
that way more easily than the opposite
The province Of the mind reader !,
simply to discover in which direction thu
subject wishes to go and u lead hin
tbare Rainp blindfolled and having III
mind intently fixed on his subject, thu
mind reader observes the slightest indica
tons Of v~olition and by quickness Of mo
ton he o throws his subject oil hi
guard, and the rest is easy. Various 81,
tricks connected with the above describe,
principle enables the reader TO perform
feats without physical connection almos
as readily ~ ith.-Boston Cor. Phila
delphia Press.